Team India have already sealed the spot in the final of Asia Cup 2023. Despite that, India have been plagued by injury to their key player. (More Cricket News)
After being months out, Shreyas Iyer was roped in to the Asia Cup and ODI World Cup squads. However, Shreyas missed the Super 4 matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan due to back spasm.
But the middle-order batter could be available for the Bangladesh tie on Friday. He was replaced by KL Rahul against Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
However, ahead of the Bangladesh match, Shreyas has rejoined the team for practice. He featured in India's Asia Cup 2023 group games against Pakistan and Nepal, scoring 14 runs against the Men In Green.
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KL Rahul has not put a foot wrong ever since he was roped in as a replacement of Shreyas. The wicketkeeper-batter scored a century against Pakistan and made a defiant 39 against Sri Lanka.
In the practice session, Shreyas was seen having a light batting session. Shreyas' strength is his ability to tackle spin bowling as well as strike rotation lower down the order. His availability could be a huge boost for Team India during the Asia Cup as well as the ODI World Cup 2023 starting October 5.
India are all set to take on Bangladesh in the final Super 4 match on Friday. India are already through to the final whereas Bangladesh are out, having played two and lost two.
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India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumraj, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (travelling reserve).
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Anamul Haque Bijoy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Naim Sheikh, Shamim Hossain, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
